Microfundamentos en modelos económicos: aportes desde la perspectiva de la historia económica y el desarrollo económico

Autores/as

  • Gabriel Porcile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62467/RHEAL/02.01.15

Resumen

El concepto de racionalidad por detrás de los modelos económicos es crucial para el tipo de resultados macroeconómicos que pueden generar. Para los historiadores económicos, el tema es de gran relevancia. El tipo de microfundamentos adoptado define en gran medida la utilidad del modelo para entender procesos históricos y el espacio de conversación posible entre economistas, historiadores económicos y otros científicos sociales. Este trabajo argumenta que los modelos basados en incertidumbre keynesiana, racionalidad limitada y micro evolucionista son más útiles para estudiar dos dimensiones críticas en historia económica, tiempo y cambio. El argumento es ilustrado con unos análisis de los determinantes del cambio estructural y del cambio técnico en una economía periférica.

Biografía del autor/a

Gabriel Porcile

Programa de Historia Económica y Social, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Udelar

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Publicado

2025-02-11

Cómo citar

Porcile, G. (2025). Microfundamentos en modelos económicos: aportes desde la perspectiva de la historia económica y el desarrollo económico. Revista Historia Económica De América Latina, 2(III), 41–54. https://doi.org/10.62467/RHEAL/02.01.15